Gypsies are the most hated minority in Europe despite centuries of persecution and the Holocaust, it has been claimed.
Up to half-a-million were killed by the Nazis - but their plight is often forgotten and they remain "demonised".
The comments were made by Dr James Smith of the National Holocaust Centre, in U.K
'Hysteria'
Dr Smith said: "If we don't learn from the past, we run the risk of repeating its mistakes in the future.
"Sixty years ago, after centuries of persecution, Europe's gypsies faced extermination under the Nazis, simply because of who they were.
"Up to half a million were killed. Yet even after the Holocaust, gypsies remain perhaps the most hated minority in Europe.
"When hysteria is whipped up against a minority by politicians and the media, people get hurt and they are getting hurt, right now."
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